# piece of cake

Pronunciation: say "pees uhv KAYK" /ˈpiːsə(v)ˈkeɪk/

## Idiom

1. A job, task, or other activity that is pleasant or, more loosely, easy and simple to accomplish.
   - Simple: Something that is very easy to do.
   - _After months of practice, the recital felt like a piece of cake._
   - _Negotiating the contract was a piece of cake compared with drafting it._
2. A portion of cake cut or broken away from the whole.
   - Simple: A single slice cut from a larger cake.
   - _The waiter set down a generous piece of cake beside my coffee._
   - _Each guest left with a piece of cake wrapped in a napkin._

## Origin

Attested since 1936, originally in American English, this phrase possibly comes from 'cakewalk', or from the notion that many cakes taste good and so are 'easy' to eat. Compare French être du gâteau ('to be a cake') and être de la tarte ('to be a pie'), both meaning 'to be easy'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/piece-of-cake (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).